Strega

The fuck kind of answer is this

Obama: Every day you wake up to things you just didn’t think were possible. Each day we’re told by those in high office to fear each other. Everywhere we see greed and bigotry being celebrated, and bullying and mockery masquerading as strength.

The Mile High Club has lost its two most prominent members.

SAD!!!!

A win! Glad they didn’t cave. Senate Democrats blocked a spending bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security for a third time, insisting they would not approve the measure without new limits on immigration enforcement.

I love this for you 🫶

The Embodiment of Me The giraffe cannot help being graceful. The venus fly trap cannot help being lethal. The sun cannot help being radiant. And I cannot help being Katie. Even in my sleep, I dream of mountain streams. Even in my sadness, I love my heart. I swim in the rivers of my mind. I climb through the mountains of my past. I travel for years and years. And on the other side is Katie, beautiful Katie, my spirited body dancing in the sun.

For my dissertation, I am doing an arts-based study with early childhood educators, and we are exploring poetry prompts this week. I used a book of poetry prompts by Joseph Fasano, and here is the one I filled out that is the Self-Acceptance Poetry Prompt:

Of course he is. They seem to be inseparable. Good buddies and colleagues have to stick together. Share a blanket. Collaborate and commisserate. That kind of stuff.

Very strong statement from the First Lady of Iraq:

Pause for a moment, and read....

Cartoon by
Jeff Stahler
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How OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY is going so far:

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Markwayne Mullin has to get confirmed by the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which is chaired by Rand Paul, who Markwayne Mullin recently called a “snake” & said he sympathized with Rand Paul’s neighbor who beat him up.

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

Im a gorgeous orange fancy goldfish with luxuriously long fins and tail. Im filling in for Gilbert.

I'm Gilbert's big brother. He took a sabbatical while the dog feed became ablaze with politics - he'ssensitive. I, on the otherfin, swim back and forth in front of cable news all day, so I understandyour frustration. -Sydney #dogsofbluesky #fishofbluesky #fancygoldfish

The Woman Who Made a Goddess They say in a year when the weather forgot its manners and the crows argued with the wind, a woman sat alone at the edge of things and refused to pray to anyone else’s god. The old gods had rules. The old gods had priests. The old gods asked for obedience and gave back silence. So she took the silence and broke it over her knee. She gathered the things no altar wanted a cracked mirror, a match that had already burned once, a deck of cards bent at the corners, and the stories people spit out when they said she was too much. These she placed in a circle. 1/3

Not perfect. Not holy. Just true. The wind came first, curious. Then the dark, leaning in like a conspirator. She spoke no ancient language, no temple tongue. She said only: If there must be a goddess, I will make her myself. And the world which had been waiting for someone brave enough tilted slightly on its axis. From the circle rose something laughing. Not gentle. Not kind. 2/3

Beautiful the way storms are beautiful when they split the sky open. Hair like tangled lightning. Eyes like dice thrown across eternity. “I am Chaos,” said the mirror, “and you made me.” The woman did not kneel. Instead she smiled the crooked smile of someone who had survived too much. “Good,” she said. “Then you know whose side you’re on.” They say since that night when things fall apart when the road disappears when the rules fail there is laughter in the wreckage. And sometimes, in the middle of ruin, a woman walks through the storm and remembers her claim she is the one who taught the chaos her name. 3/3

The Woman Who Made a Goddess
They say
in a year when the weather forgot its manners
and the crows argued with the wind,
a woman sat alone at the edge of things
and refused to pray to anyone else’s god…
#vssdaily #claim #poetry #witchcraft

Raskin: We are fighting for American citizens, madam secretary, because your eyes agents shot them in the face and killed them and each person you see here represents 800,000 American citizens and you should know that as a former member of congress.

Donald Trump made trade threats against Spain during an Oval Office meeting with reporters and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Trump: "Spain said we can't use their bases. We could use their bases if we want. We could just fly in and use it. Nobody is gonna tell us not to use it"

Not receiving consent and moving forward anyway is a consistent theme in his life — as E. Jean Carroll can attest

Image showing a quote from Donald Trump about cutting ties with Spain, and a sarcastic Twitter response from a Spaniard highlighting Spain’s universal healthcare, paid vacation, and cuisine, ending with a Spanish flag emoji.

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Macro photograph of an abalone shell

Owlish Eyes

#424 taken 4:25 pm
#art #nature #photography #abstract

MicroFiction for AmpersandAfterDark Prompt from @madp03t.bsky.social Almost Through I spend most evenings reading. Lamp on, chair angled toward the window, the soft hush of pages. I like knowing someone is there on the other side, moving their eyes where I guide them. Most skim. You didn’t. You lingered. You underlined me. You pause where I intend. You breathe where I leave space. I’ve begun to anticipate you. When you turn a page, something shifts here. The margins widen. The air grows warmer. I feel the pressure of your thumb along my spine. Last night, a crease appeared in the corner before you folded it. When you close the book, the room narrows. Open me again. I am almost through

For #AmpersandAfterDark Challenge 005
Micro fiction beginning in ordinary reality...does the ending seem plausibly normal ...or my own irrational fear?

#writingprompt

Wow that’s awesome!

I liked this one!

Thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for hosting this week's #PromptCombo #Powerless. Here's a fairly literal response which turns a little gloomy at the end. Looking forward to reading other offerings from the #PoetryCommunity in due course

Shots fired 🤣

Black text on a colorful gradient background reads, The entire national debt could be erased if tRUMPs impeachment trial was pay-per-view.

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DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:

Voters as “Votors”
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"

And, it included a non-party in the caption.

These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

The Epstein Files

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Pink Floyd - Us And Them (2023 Remaster) YouTube video by Pink Floyd

This Day in Music History Mar 1

Born 1927 - Harry Belafonte

Died 2023 - Leon Hughes (The Coasters)

1975 - The Eagles reached #1 on the US singles chart for the first time with 'Best Of My Love'

And in 1973, Pink Floyd released The Dark Side Of The Moon in the US!